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> "why wouldn't I just buy and iPad?" There's exactly one answer to that question: office. 9 hours of office in a device the size of a pad of paper. But the p
by zmmmmm 13y ago
> "why wouldn't I just buy and iPad?"
There's exactly one answer to that question: office. 9 hours of office in a device the size of a pad of paper.
But the problem is, the exact people who would buy RT for that reason cannot use it or would not want it for a range of other factors (for example, it cannot join a domain).
And now with the new Intel chips there is no reason at all, because you can get 9 hours of office from a full Win8 tablet.
- mtgx 13y agoBut it wasn't optimized for tablets. It's the same experience you would've gotten with Office ten years ago on "tablet PC's". And why would you want real Office on a tablet anyway? Fost most of the stuff you'd be doing on a tablet, you're probably better off with a free/much cheaper Office alternative that's also touch-optimized.
- mdmarra 13y agoOffice 2013 is touch optimized.
- shinratdr 13y agoLike Windows 7 was "touch optimized". In other words, it isn't.
- binarycrusader 13y agoOh really? The reviews seem to disagree: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/07/why-bother-the-sad-state-of-office-2013-touch-support/ http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/07/why-bo...
- workbench 13y agohttp://cdn.arstechnica.net//wp-content/uploads/2012/07/touch-outlook-2013-ribbon-composite.png http://cdn.arstechnica.net//wp-content/uploads/2012/07/touch... lol
- olegbl 13y agoWhy is this a bad thing? I want the experience I have 10 years ago with tablet PCs. I want to be able to open up Word or Excel when I'm at the airport - without having to lug around a 10" laptop.
- MatthewPhillips 13y agoNo one buys tablets for office productivity. The only audience where that is an issue is salespeople, but that's a sliver of the tablet buying market.
- CrazedGeek 13y agoOne exception to that rule would be students. It's not exactly "office productivity", but OneNote with a stylus is heavenly for taking notes in-class. It's a shame the RT didn't have stylus support, or I'd be all over it.
- jlgreco 13y agoStrictly speaking, does the ipad have stylus support either? I'm under the impression all styluses there are 3rd party ones designed to work on capacitive screens in general.
- olegbl 13y agoI think he meant compared to Surface PRO / Samsung Series 7 / etc, which have Wacom screens with remote-sensitivity, precise styluses and 32 pressure levels.
- CrazedGeek 13y agoYeah, that. The support on the Samsung ATIV Smart PC Pro was fantastic. (Shame I had to return it because of Wi-Fi problems.)
- 27182818284 13y agoBut nobody does this. Classrooms are still full of MacBooks and iPads. It is an assumption that sounds good on paper, but never materialized. If I had to guess why it is because generally your computer you're taking notes on is also a personal machine at college in the sense that you want to have fun with it. So when it comes down to fun with a little awkward notes or good note taking with awkward everything else the Mac products still win out.
- 1010011010 13y ago> 9 hours of office Except that I hate using Office, and my job doesn't require it.
- workbench 13y agoOffice was the only reason to buy one, and MS screwed that up completely by not making a tablet version of Office. Instead the Surface team bent over for the Office team and included the desktop mode as a crutch to purely run Office.